Internet penetration rate declines
The country鈥檚 internet penetration rate has seen a gradual decline in the latter half of 2024, falling from 80.60 per cent in August to 79.48 per cent in September and further down to 78.61 per cent in...
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French internet firm fined 50m euros for unsolicited ads
France鈥檚 largest internet operator Orange was on Tuesday slapped with a 50-million-euro ($53-million) fine for sending unsolicited adverts resembling emails to customers...
Bangladesh slips a notch in mobile internet speed: Ookla
Bangladesh has slipped a notch in its global ranking for mobile internet speed performance, according to Ookla鈥檚 Speedtest Global Index.
UN slams 鈥榮tubborn digital divides鈥� keeping 1 in 3 offline
The United Nations said Wednesday that global internet use was slowly increasing, but warned that glaring disparities in poorer regions especially meant a third of the world鈥檚 population remained offline.
Experts for dubbing internet as fundamental right
Experts on Wednesday said that internet should be incorporated into Bangladesh鈥檚 constitution as a fundamental right to protect the countrymen鈥檚 freedom and ensure data security...
Media and information literacy in combating fake news
IN THE days before the Internet, social media, artificial intelligence, and polarised TV hosts, rumours spread the traditional way, passed from one person to another and neighbour to ighbor. A classic example of this phenomenon can be found in the Bengali poem Pandosram by Shamsur Rahman, where people frantically chase after an eagle, believing...
US to call for Google to sell Chrome browser
The US will urge a judge to make Google-parent company Alphabet sell its widely used Chrome browser in a major antitrust crackdown on the internet giant, according to a media report Monday...
Regulating internet pricing needed to increase accessibility: experts
Experts on Monday opined that mobile internet pricing should be regulated so that more people could use it and more foreign tech companies, such as Google and Facebook, established offices in Bangladesh...
Stakeholders for policy reforms to reduce internet costs
Industry stakeholders on Sunday said that lack of regulatory fairness in Bangladesh鈥檚 internet sector was driving up costs for consumers and widening disparities in service access across the country...
VOICE holds discussion on internet shutdown, pvt sector business
Voices for Interactive Choice and Empowerment, a non-governmental organisation, organised a discussion titled Internet Shutdown and Private Sector Business at the...
Pakistan capital at standstill as Imran supporters stage protests
Pakistan鈥檚 capital was locked down on Saturday, swarmed by security forces with mobile internet cut as supporters of jailed ex-prime minister Imran Khan attempted to seize the streets in protest...
BMPCA urges govt to reform telecom, internet services
The Bangladesh Mobile Phone Consumers Association (BMPCA) has called on the interim government to unveil a roadmap for reforms in the telecommunication and internet service sectors, aiming to improve service quality and address customer concerns...
Businesses, rights defenders decry Pakistan internet slowdown
Pakistan鈥檚 government is throttling the internet and social media while it tests new controls to crush dissent, activists and business leaders say, putting the country鈥檚...
Bangladesh ranks 90th in global mobile internet speed
Bangladesh has slightly progressed in terms of mobile internet speed, according to Ookla鈥檚 Speedtest Global Index for June.
Palak verbally ordered internet shutdown across Bangladesh: probe report
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission chair Md Mohiuddin Ahmed directed the internet shutdown during the recent protests, following verbal instructions from former state minister for posts, telecommunication, and information technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak...
Internet services return to normalcy
After nearly 27 hours of shutdown mobile internet network was restored and social media platforms were accessible about 3:00pm on Monday, following the...
Mobile internet shut down across Bangladesh again
Mobile internet services and social media platforms were shut down in Bangladesh again on Sunday amid the ongoing countrywide student protests pressing for...
Facebook, Telegram face partial restrictions for 7hrs in Bangladesh
Mobile internet users across Bangladesh said on Friday that they could not access social media platforms Facebook and Telegram for seven hours between 12.00pm and...
ABB for dedicated internet service line for banks
Banks need to have a separate internet service line dedicated solely to financial institutions to continue their operations and prevent losses from incidents like the recent nationwide internet shutdown...
E-commerce businesses seek govt support for recovery
Amid the ongoing crisis, entrepreneurs in the e-commerce sector have sought government assistance to recover from the extensive damage caused by the disruption of internet services and other issues...
Businesses demand low-cost loans, deferred payments
The country鈥檚 business leaders on Sunday demanded low-cost bank loans, rescheduling facilities, deferred payment of loan instalments and waiver of port demurrage due to the suspension of business activities caused by the nationwide shutdown, curfew, general holidays and internet outage centring the quota reform movement...
Mobile internet restored, social media platforms still inaccessible in Bangladesh
The government restored mobile internet services at about 3:00pm on Sunday after almost 10 days, but users found difficulties in using the internet services...
Mobile internet to be restored from 3:00pm today: minister
Mobile internet services will be restored from 3:00pm on Sunday, said state minister of ministry of posts, telecommunications, and information technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak on Sunday...
Internet outage directed by govt: Cloudflare Radar
Cloudflare Radar in its internet outage report said that the recent internet blackout in Bangladesh was directed by the government...
Meeting on mobile internet restoration Sunday: Palak
State minister for posts, telecommunications and information technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak said on Saturday that a meeting on the restoration of mobile internet 4G services would be held with mobile operators on Sunday.
Internet still not restored fully
Internet users have continued to report ongoing internet problems, even though the government restored broadband connections on Wednesday.
Internet speed remains slow, people continue to suffer
Internet users from several areas in Dhaka city on Thursday have reported that they are facing disruptions while using said internet services, despite the government restoring the broadband internet connection on Wednesday...
Internet services could be restored any moment: Palak
Maximum efforts are being made to restore internet services, state minister for posts, telecommunications and ICT Zunaid Ahmad Palak said on Monday...
People running out of cash as financial services kept shut
People have been suffering from a severe cash money shortage amid a countrywide curfew, general holidays and an internet blackout in the country for the past few days...
Banks, NBFIs asked to waive late payment fines
The Bangladesh Bank on Wednesday asked banks and non-bank financial institutions to waive fines on late payment of instalments of loans, savings schemes like deposit pension scheme and credit card bills, considering general holidays and an internet blackout amid the countrywide unrests centring quota reform protests...
